Ontology Student Showcase

Cameron More graduated from the University at Buffalo in 2021 with a master's degree in philosophy. At UB, he studied with Dr. Barry Smith, Dr. John Beverley, and Dr. James Lawler, writing his master's project on continental metaphysics. Since graduating, Cameron has worked for various government contractors, doing applied ontology with the skills he acquired at UB. He currently works for CUBRC, Inc. and serves as secretary for the IEEE Ontology Standards Working Group.

Olivia Hobai is a UB undergraduate student majoring in Philosophy. She came to the University at Buffalo from Lexington, Massachusetts to study Basic Formal Ontology (BFO) with Dr. Barry Smith. Her applications of interest are in systemic interactions, social constructs, and common-sense experience. She is currently the Lead Editor on the Common Core Ontologies repository, one of the most widely used extensions of the Basic Formal Ontology.

Ian Knowland is currently a UB undergraduate student majoring in both Philosophy and Linguistics. His interest in Applied Ontology led him first to UB’s undergraduate Ontology Club and then a seminar with Dr. John Beverley on the topic of intelligence analysis and ontology engineering. Outside of school, Ian is a researcher associated with the National Center for Ontological Research (NCOR) and maintains a position as a Knowledge Engineer at Summit Knowledge Systems, LLC where he provides ontology solutions to a variety of industry partners and missions.

Austin Liebers is currently a UB PhD candidate who started working on applied ontology in 2022 by joining a student working group on mapping the Provenance Ontology into Basic Formal Ontology. Since then, he has joined the Common Core Ontology working group, presented Provenance Ontology mapping work at SAIC and the University of Toronto, and has been interning at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory over the 2023-2024 academic year as an ontology engineering specialist. On his own time, Austin is working on ontologies of vocalizations and card games.